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Not Easily Broken
2009
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Not Easily Broken
Positive Reviews
11
Negative reviews
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2.3
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0.5
Calling The Unborn a dull, plodding, exposition crammed slog through a twilight of barely maintained tedium is like calling Valkyrie a yawn.
Austin Chronicle
1.5
Mostly, Not Easily Broken is a pat portrayal of a marriage, neither overly dull nor especially engaging except during Daves sporadic voiceovers.
Austin Chronicle
2.5
The Spy Who Dumped Me is an action comedy withwell, it has action.
Philly
1.9
But director Bill Duke has no idea how to shape or visualize it, turning it into a mushy mess with far too much loud music to drive home the emotions.
Combust Ible Celluloid
3.0
Chestnut in particular is long overdue; he is especially immune to Dukes overemphatic direction and radiates a paradoxically cool intensity.
News Review
1.0
Her success, however, leaves her with no time or desire for children, meaning Dave has to do the surrogate father thing coaching little league with hi ..
Screen It
2.0
Similarly, the direction is painfully sluggish throughout, while the dialogue is straight from The Big Book of Cliches and the plot eventually succumb ..
View London
3.5
But their underlying message makes Mildred Pierce look like a feminist tract: Husbands need to man up, wives need to back off, and interfering mothers ..
Film Journal
3.1
Henson manages to bring a degree of decency to what is basically an emasculating Catherine Keener part.
Boston
3.8
Not Easily Broken is a well crafted message picture disguised as soap opera.
Star Tribune
1.0
Mawkish and manipulative, this film contrives to be heartless and yet underhandedly promotes a preachy moral line.
Guardian
1.0
This is sermonising, not drama, and I suspect I wont be alone in finding it obnoxiously misogynistic.
Daily Mail
2.0
Though it sets out to be a heartwarming, life affirming drama, its meandering script, leaden storytelling, and shifting tone undercut its potential.
Common Sense Media
2.0
Also.Get yourself to church fast or your whole world is going to fall apart.
Movies
3.1
Its a shame, because Not Easily Broken is laced with strong performances, unexpected plotlines and some chillingly dark laughs.
Sf Gate
3.1
That is not to say that this is a great filmits a bit too bland, familiar and safe to reach that lofty heightbut strong performances and a mature, hea ..
The Movie Boy
3.1
Bishop T.D. Jakes, head of a megachurch in Dallas, has a wife, five kids, 30,000 flock members and a long line of books to his name, among them Mama M ..
Chicago Tribune
3.0
The Curse of La Llorona cast members Raymond Cruz, Patricia Velasquez and Linda Cardellini, along with director Michael Chaves, share some personal La ..
Calendar Live
2.5
And thats pretty much the message of this film, which is more a parable than full blooded drama.
Seattle Pi
1.3
Those who take something of value from a sermon about the necessity for self sacrifice will certainly be drawn into this well meaning movie, but those ..
Movies Tv Guide
1.9
Because I will, as if the entire movie isnt up to its chin in Oprah ism.Fans of Tyler Perry may go for Not Easily Broken, which saunters along unassum ..
New York Post
5.0
An absolute must see for anyone interested in fully appreciating the mindset and motivations of the charismatic militants who emerged to capture the c ..
News Blaze
2.2
When Not Easily Broken devolves into a fireworks display of catastrophe and nostril flaring performances aimed at the rafters, its easy to recognize t ..
Brian Or Ndorf
3.0
At a running time of 100 minutes, Just Another Love Story manages to be mildly engaging with strong performances, but it ultimately lacks suspense, in ..
Nyc Movie Guru
2.5
Henson, in a role that could easily have degenerated into an angry black woman caricature, is better than the material deserves.
Js Online
1.0
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Entertainment Times Online ..
1.0
Based on a book by Texas preacher Bishop TD Jakes (who also co produces), this lump of telly melodrama is basically a bland, off puttingly shouty serm ..
Metro
2.0
Its not a terrible movie, just a pandering one, a film that youre sure youve seen before.
Orlando Sentinel
3.0
But the photography is what makes this movie grand and worth a look.
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